Clone Printable Document#

PrintableDocument.Clone

Overview#

This operation is used to clone an existing Printable Document into a new Printable Document with a different name and identical characteristics.

Setup#

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

Preconditions#

• The Printable Document exists in the system.

Sequence of Steps#

The Clone Printable Document wizard can be called from the Printable Document page within the Business Data Group. The default values will be taken from the current Printable Document to be used as a base for the new object. Since this is a versioned entity, there are two possible procedures: entity and revision cloning, both of which are available from the main details page. Select Clone on the top ribbon, followed by Entity if you want to clone the complete entity along with the first revision and version of the new entity, or Revision if you want to clone only a single revision. In either case, a Change Set must be supplied for a version of the revision to be made effective in the future.

Step 1: General Data#

1. On the left side panel, add as many rows as desired (each row represents a new Printable Document to be created based on the currently selected Printable Document) by selecting and specifying the property values for each new instance to be created. You can also provide a name for each of the new instances, however if a Name Generator is configured for the Entity Type, you can leave the field blank and a new name will be automatically generated. Similarly, you can provide a new revision name or it will be automatically generated for you.
2. Optionally, enter a comment for the operation.
3. Press Clone to complete the transaction and a new object will be created.